First Congregational Church, also known as First Congregational United Church of Christ, is an historic church located at 431 Columbus Avenue in

Sandusky, Ohio Sandusky ( ) is a city in Erie County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Situated on the southern shore of Lake Erie, Sandusky is located roughly midway between Toledo, Ohio, Toledo ( west) and Cleveland ( east). At the 2020 United Stat ...

. Designed in the

Romanesque Revival Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended t ...

style of architecture, it was built in 1895 by Sandusky builder George Philip Feick (1849-1932). On October 20, 1982, it was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

. First Congregational is still an active member of the

United Church of Christ The United Church of Christ (UCC) is a socially liberal mainline Protestant Christian denomination based in the United States, with historical and confessional roots in the Congregational, Restorationist, Continental Reformed, and Lutheran t ...

, though the congregation no longer worships at the First Congregational Church. The property was privately acquired in 2021 and after an estimated $425,000 overhaul, was converted to The Lost Sailor Inn, a multi-use AirBNB in September 2022https://sanduskyregister.com/news/393903/find-yourself-at-the-lost-sailor-inn/

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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Romanesque Revival church buildings in Ohio Churches completed in 1895 Churches in Erie County, Ohio National Register of Historic Places in Erie County, Ohio United Church of Christ churches in Ohio {{Ohio-church-stub